by Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749 - 1832)
Translation © by Lau Kanen

Heidenröslein
 (Sung text for setting by J. Reichardt)
 See original
Language: German (Deutsch) 
Our translations:  CAT CHI DUT ENG ENG FRE HUN HUN ITA
Sah ein Knab' ein Röslein stehn,
Röslein auf der Heiden,
War so jung und morgenschön,
Lief er schnell es nah zu sehn,
Sah's mit vielen Freuden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
 
Knabe sprach: ich breche dich,
Röslein auf der Heiden!
Röslein sprach: ich steche dich,
Daß du ewig denkst an mich,
Und ich will's nicht leiden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth,
Röslein auf der Heiden.
 
Und der wilde Knabe brach
's Röslein auf der Heiden;
Röslein wehrte sich und stach,
Half ihm doch kein Weh und Ach,
Mußt' es eben leiden.
Röslein, Röslein, Röslein roth,
Röslein auf der Heiden.

First published in a different version by Johann Gottfried Herder in 1772 with the title "Fabelliedchen", and again in 1779 with the title "Röschen auf der Heide" (see below).

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Available translations, adaptations or excerpts, and transliterations (if applicable):

  • CAT Catalan (Català) (Salvador Pila) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CHI Chinese (中文) (Yan-Jiang Che) , "野地上的小玫瑰", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Karel Dostál-Lutinov) , "Růžička"
  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Jan Evangelista Nečas) , "Růže pustých polí"
  • CZE Czech (Čeština) (Otokar Fischer) , "Růžička"
  • DUT Dutch (Nederlands) [singable] (Lau Kanen) , "Heideroosje", copyright © 2005, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Walter Meyer) , "Rose blossom on the heath", copyright © 1996, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ENG English (Michael P Rosewall) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ESP Esperanto (Ludwik Lejzer Zamenhof) , "La rozeto"
  • FIN Finnish (Suomi) (Valter Juva) , "Ruusu metsätiellä"
  • FRE French (Français) [singable] (Édouard Bélanger) , "Rose sauvage"
  • FRE French (Français) (Pierre Mathé) , "Petite rose de la lande", copyright © 2009, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • HUN Hungarian (Magyar) (Tamás Rédey) , copyright © 2015, (re)printed on this website with kind permission
  • ITA Italian (Italiano) (Amelia Maria Imbarrato) , "Rosellina selvaggia", copyright © 2006, (re)printed on this website with kind permission


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Language: Dutch (Nederlands)  after the German (Deutsch) 
'n Knaapje zag een roosje staan,
Roosje op de heide,
't Was zo mooi als ochtendmaan,
Hij ging vlug er dichtbij staan,
Zag 't en was zeer blijde.
Roosje, roosje, roosje rood,
Roosje op de heide.

't Knaapje sprak: ik breek je wel,
Roosje op de heide!
't Roosje sprak: Ik steek je wel,
Dat vergeet je niet zo snel,
'k Zou dat maar vermijden.
Roosje, roosje, roosje rood,
Roosje op de heide.

En de ruwe jongen brak
't Roosje op de heide.
't Roosje weerde zich en stak,
Aan zijn huilen had het lak:
Wie niet hoort moet lijden.
Roosje, roosje, roosje rood,
Roosje op de heide.

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